Ulrich Schultheiss

composer | komponist

​"What a cool piece! It gripp​ed me as soon as I heard it"

​Gerard McChrystal, saxophonist (UK)

Ulrich Schultheiss is a highly demanded composer and arranger with a musical language that is infused with elements of other genres, cultures or art forms. His music is performed in Europe, in states of the former Soviet Union, in North, Central and South America, in the Middle and Far East. In addition, he has made radio recordings, CD and video productions in Germany and abroad. His catalogue of works includes around 150 compositions for various instrumentations as well as works and arrangements for film, cabaret, theatre and performance. In addition to his artistic activities, he has worked and researched as a professor of music theory and in the field of digital media.

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​​BIRDSONG & DROPS IN HOLLAND

​Feb 23, 2025 | Almere (NL)
The musical theatre piece 'SCHOKGOLF' by Annechien Koerselman is on the programme of the Kunstlinie Theater in Almere, the Netherlands. The musical performance will be realised by the Ensemble Black Pencil.
Photo (c) Claudia Hansen 

​Witch Hunt for 3 in Finland

​Feb 16, 2025 | Seinäjoki (SF)
Arto Panula (trumpet), Detlev Stürzenberger (alto saxophone) and Mari Taivalmaa (piano) play witch hunt in a trio arrangement as part of their college concert in the Seinäjoki Town Hall (Finland).

​Faust-Paraphrasen @BR2Radio

Feb 2, 2025 | BR2Radio (D)
Bavarian Radio broadcasts the production of the Faust-Paraphrasen for two pianos, played by Thomas Hitzlberger and Georg Schütz.

deux par deux

Jan 25, 2025 | Düsseldorf (D)
​Carla Abdank (vc) and Shushan Hunanyan (pf) play deux par deux at the competition ‘Jugend musiziert’ in Düsseldorf. This composition belongs to the ABRSM Exam Pieces (ABRSM Sylabus).

​EMPHASEN in Portugal

​Jan 19, 2025 | Lisbon (PT)
The ARO Trio from the chamber music class of Prof. Paulo Pacheco at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa will perform the premiere of the revised version of Emphasen from 2024 with Diogo Cocharra (clarinet), Adriana Gonçalves (cello) and Miguel Perdigão (piano).

​VEXIERE @BR2RADIO

​Dec 19, 2024 | BR2Radio (D)
Bavarian Radio broadcasts a production of Vexiere - 4 Perspektiven for violin and piano played by Kolja Lessing (violin) and Johannes Möller (piano).

​​BIRDSONG @PANTOPIA MUSIC

​Dec 03, 2024 | Berlin (D)
Pantopia Music has released the album "The Zodiac Happening" with Susanne Fröhlich (recorders), Marc Sinan (guitar) and Meinrad Kneer (double bass). "The Zodiac Happening" is a musical mosaic about the relationship between man and nature, based on pieces in song format by Debussy, Radiohead, Stockhausen, Takemitsu and Schultheiss, among others. Link to the audio player

​​Mosaik & Song from Paris

​Nov 24, 2024 | Recklinghausen (D)
The piano duo Vasylyna Hrynevych and Oleksandr Shykyta will perform romantic works as well as Mosaik and Song from Paris by Ulrich Schultheiss as part of the DEBUT UM 11 concert series in the Ruhrfestspielhaus. For more information, please visit the promoter's website.

​Birdsong & Drops in Holland

​Nov 14, 2024 | Emmeloord (NL)
The musical theatre piece 'SCHOKGOLF' by Annechien Koerselman is on the programme of the 'Cultuurmakersdag 2024' in the theatre 't Voorhuys in Emmeloord, the Netherlands. The musical performance will be realised by the Ensemble Black Pencil. More information on the organiser's website.
Photo (c) Claudia Hansen

​​Birdsong & Drops in Holland

​Oct 20 & 24, 2024 | Almere & Zeewolde (NL)
Birdsong and drops in the wind are part of the music theatre piece 'SCHOKGOLF' (Shockwave) by Dutch artist Annechien Koerselman. The Ensemble Black Pencil is responsible for the musical performance. More information including video trailer can be found on the artist's website.

Tango sulle corde

​Oct 20, 2024 | Münster (D)
The Duo Giussani, Pauline Stephan (cello) and Julian Richter (guitar), will perform the premiere of tango sulle corde in the version for cello and guitar at the historic Haus Rüschhaus as part of the Celloherbst am Hellweg 2024 festival.

​birdsong & Drops in Holland

​Sep 21/22, 2024 | Schokland (NL)
Members of the Ensemble Black Pencil played birdsong (Jorge Isaac, tenor recorder) and drops in the wind (Marko Kassl, accordion) by Ulrich Schultheiss in two performances each at the World Heritage Site Schokland (NL) as part of the SCHOKGOLF event.

​about infinity

26.07.2024 | Lüneburg (UA)
28.07.2024 | Stadthagen
19.09.2024 | Münster
​Paula Richter (bass) and Christian Richter (organ) play about infinity at the 'Lüneburger Orgelsommer', at the 'Orgelsommer - Junge Talente', in the St. Martini church in Stadthagen and as part of the 'Erlöserkonzerte' in the Erlöserkirche Münster.

​ping pong

​Aug 24, 2024 | Trier (D)
The recorder quartet Flautando Köln, Albrecht Maurer and Heikko Deutschmann present the crossover performance "Jack & Jill - Patterns of Love and Laughter" with lyrics by Ronald D. Laing and music by Ulrich Schultheiss and others at the IHK Conference Centre in Trier as part of the Mosel Music Festival 2024. Video Trailer Photo (c) Christina Feldhoff

​chinwag premiere

​Aug 4, 2024 | Fergitz (D)
Susanne Fröhlich (recorder) and Meinrad Kneer (double bass), both based in Berlin, will perform the premiere of chinwag in the Fergitz village church on Oberuckersee as part of the Uckermärkische Musikwochen 2024. The concert is entitled '...von Magie und Wirklichkeit'. The programme also includes birdsong in the version for alto recorder.

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new recordings
BIRDSONG @ Pantopia Music
BIRDSONG @ Pantopia Music

Pantopia Music has released the album "The Zodiac Happening" with Susanne Fröhlich (recorders), Marc Sinan (guitar) and Meinrad Kneer (double bass). "The Zodiac Happening" is a musical mosaic about the relationship between man and nature, based on pieces in song format by Debussy, Radiohead, Stockhausen, Takemitsu and Schultheiss, among others. Link to the audio player

WANTED
WANTED

Patricia Marchiș, winner of the 'International Jazz in the Park Competition 2023' in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), has released her debut album 'METAMORPHOSIS' with an arrangement of Ulrichs' song WANTED for saxophone and jazz combo. The album of MARQUIS NOIR is available on the well-known streaming portals.

CD TWO PIANOS

Jay Jung-Hoon Wang and Rainer Klaas perform FAUST-PARAPHRASES from 1987 on the CD "RAPHAEL, SCHULTHEISS, ZABEL - ZWEI KLAVIERE". Other titles on the CD are the 'Toccata' op. 45 by Günter Raphael and 'Frozen Dances' by Frank Zabel.

CD BLACK PENCIL: SCHOKLAND
CD BLACK PENCIL: SCHOKLAND

On this CD, members of the ENSEMBLE BLACK PENCIL perform works for solo instruments inspired by the World Heritage Site of Schokland in the Netherlands: WINDSPEL for viola (Esra Pehlivanli), BIRDSONG for recorder (Jorge Isaac) and DROPS IN THE WIND for accordion (Marko Kassl).

CD SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE
CD SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE

On her solo album "SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE", the Swiss pianist Fabienne Mittaz performs works by Domenico Scarlatti, Robert and Clara Schumann, Claude Debussy, Arvo Pärt and Jean-Jacques Werner, and also includes NACHKLANG to Robert Schumann's "Des Abends" by Ulrich Schultheiss.

CD NATURE
CD NATURE

On the CD "NATURE" of Patricia Pagny's piano class at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern, Paola Lepori plays RITORNA LA NEBBIA and Fabienne Mittaz NACHKLANG to Robert Schumann's "Des Abends".

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​Videos
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ARE Verlag in Cologne has recently published:

Farewell Concert Online

The video of Ulrich Schultheiss' farewell concert at the University of Music Muenster including souvenir, blue-S, zick zack, Song from Paris and double trouble is available on YouTube in its entirety as well as in separate contributions featuring:
Fatjona Maliqi, piano
Minji Han, piano
Rebekka Wilhelm, soprano saxophone
Franziska Ecker, accordion
Prof. Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello
Risa Adachi, piano
Prof. Stephan Froleyks, moderation

Trailer: 'Climbing Utopia'

lyrics by René Daumal
music by Nils Imhorst, Serban Nichifor, Jacob TV, Ulrich Schultheiss ("Karussell" from 02:49)

project manager: Robert Beck
direction, action: Frederik Göke
clarinet: Robert Beck
bass: Nils Imhorst
accordion: Marko Kassl

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+++ the latest premieres

chinwag - premiered by Susanne Fröhlich (rec) and Meinrad Kneer (upright bass) in Fergitz (D) (08/2024)
about infinity - ​premiered by Paula Richter (bn) and Christian Richter (org) in Lüneburg (D)  (07/2024)
DayDream​ - premiered by Yuri Jang (vl.) and Tobias Hagedorn (org) in Frankfurt/M. (D) (06/2024)
verweht* - premiered by Nicola Mogavero (soprano saxophone*) in Lamia (GR) (05/2023)
pas de deux​ - premiered by Matias de Oliveira Pinto (vc) & Fábio Presgrave (vc) in Natal (Brazil) (04/2023)
trouble in paradise* - premiered by Pavel Tseliapniou (fl), Jan Termath (tba*) and Deborah Rawlings (pf) in Muenster (D) (10/2022)
witch hunt & orchestra - premiered by Nelma Passinen (sax) and the Seinäjoki City Orchestra SKOR in Seinäjoki (SF) (09/2022)
birdsong - premiered by Jorge Isaac (red) @ Schokland (NL) Soundwalk (07/2022)
wind chimes - premiered by Esra Pehlivanli (vla) @ Schokland (NL) Soundwalk (07/2022)
drops in the wind - premiered by Marko Kassl (acc) @ Schokland (NL) Soundwalk (07/2022)
Mosaik - premiered by Manuel Lipstein (vc) @ "DEBUT UM 11" in Recklinghausen (D) (02/2022)
Mosaik - premiered by Anna Karácsonyi (piano) @ "DEBUT UM 11" in Recklinghausen (D) (02/2022)
Mosaik - premiered by Armin Khihel (clar) @ "DEBUT UM 11" in Recklinghausen (D) (02/2022)

2000 - 2020 
20 years of 'witch hunt in concert'

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